Editing Apple Mail (section)

{{Short description|Email by Apple Inc.}}
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{{Infobox software
| name = Mail
| logo = File:Apple Mail.png
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| screenshot = Mail iOS 17.PNG
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| developer = [[Apple Inc.]]
| released = 
| ver layout = simple
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| latest preview date = 
| engines = [[WebKit]], [[JavaScriptCore|Nitro]]
| included with = [[macOS]], [[iOS]], [[iPadOS]], [[watchOS]], and [[visionOS]]
| platform = 
| language = English, Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
| language count = 33
| language footnote = <ref>{{cite web |title=Mail |url=https://apps.apple.com/app/id1108187098 |website=App Store |date=9 December 2022 |access-date=24 April 2023 |language=en-us |archive-date=28 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328112532/https://apps.apple.com/app/id1108187098 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| genre = [[Email client]]
| license = [[Proprietary software]]
| website = {{URL|https://support.apple.com/mail}}
}}
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'''Mail''', also known as '''Apple Mail''', is an [[email client]] included by [[Apple Inc.]] with its [[operating system]]s [[macOS]], [[iOS]], [[iPadOS]], [[watchOS]], and [[visionOS]]. Mail grew out of [[NeXTMail]], which was originally developed by [[NeXT]] as part of its [[NeXTSTEP]] operating system, after Apple's acquisition of NeXT in 1997.

The current version of Mail utilizes [[Simple Mail Transfer Protocol|SMTP]] for message sending, [[Post Office Protocol|POP3]], [[Microsoft Exchange Server|Exchange]] and [[Internet Message Access Protocol|IMAP]] for message retrieval and [[S/MIME]] for end-to-end message encryption.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.apple.com/kb/TA22353|title=Mac OS X 10.3: Mail - How to Use a Secure Email Signing Certificate (Digital ID)|website=support.apple.com|access-date=March 17, 2018|archive-date=January 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128114625/http://support.apple.com/kb/TA22353|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.apple.com/HT202345|title=Use S/MIME to send encrypted messages in an Exchange environment in iOS|website=apple.com|access-date=March 17, 2018}}</ref> It is also preconfigured to work with popular [[Email hosting service|email providers]], such as [[Yahoo! Mail]], [[AOL Mail]], [[Gmail]], [[Outlook.com|Outlook]] and [[iCloud]] (formerly [[MobileMe]]) and it supports [[Microsoft Exchange Server|Exchange]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Use your Internet accounts on Mac |url=https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mh35565/mac |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=Apple Support |language=en |archive-date=2023-03-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326123812/https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mh35565/mac |url-status=live }}</ref> iOS features a mobile version of Mail with added [[Exchange ActiveSync]] (EAS) support, though it notoriously missed the functionality of attaching files to reply emails until the release of [[iOS 9]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.macrumors.com/2015/06/08/ios-9-tidbits-and-hidden-features|title=iOS 9 Tidbits: Battery Saving Features, Search for Settings, Keyboard Changes, Email Attachments, and More|website=[[MacRumors]]|last=Clover|first=Juli|date=June 8, 2015|access-date=June 19, 2015|archive-date=June 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620003312/http://www.macrumors.com/2015/06/08/ios-9-tidbits-and-hidden-features/|url-status=live}}</ref> EAS is not supported in the macOS version of Apple's Mail app, the main issue being that sent messages will incorrectly be duplicated in the sent messages folder, which then propagates via sync to all other devices including iOS.

Features of Mail include the ability to configure the software to receive all of a user's email accounts in the one list, ability to file emails into folders, ability to search for emails, and ability to automatically append signatures to outgoing emails. It also integrates with the Contacts list, Calendar, Maps and other apps.